Bangladesh was shaped by its rivers. The city of Dhaka grew on the banks of the Buriganga. Newcomers are arriving by boat every day.
At the river, I encountered many migrants to Dhaka. Climate migrants. As much as the rivers hold record of Dhaka’s history, they’re still major players in its current day evolution.
The Buriganga is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. During my visit, I was hoping I would find a person, an organization, or a community group that was enacting a viable solution for cleaning up the pollution from the river. Unfortunately, I never found anyone. However, I did learn that a lot of solutions, to the crowds in Dhaka, to the burden placed on the river water and air, can be enacted a little further upstream. Outside of Dhaka. In the communities that were being left behind by people in search of better opportunities